REGION Wednesday, August 12, 2015 HERMISTON East Oregonian Page 3A MILTON-FREEWATER Muddy Frogwater hops into town By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian Photo contributed by Travis Cook Firefighters work to put out an early Tuesday morning house fire on SE 7th Street in Hermiston. House Iire guts tK 6treet residenFe By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian A ¿re in tKe 100 EOoFN oI 6outKeast 6eYentK 6treet in +erPiston gutted a Kouse earOy 7uesday Porning Hermiston Fire & Emer- genFy 6erYiFes, assisted Ey mutuaO aid Irom 8matiOOa and 6tan¿eOd ¿re FreZs, resSonded to tKe struFture ¿re at aSSro[imateOy 1 am and Kad it NnoFNed doZn ZitKin KaOI an Kour Hermiston ¿re FKieI 6Fott 6tanton said tKe Fause is stiOO under inYestigation He said tKe residents Zere FKeFNed out Ey mediFs on sFene Eut no one Zas transSorted to tKe KosSitaO He said it Zasn¶t FOear yet ZKetKer tKe Kouse Zas a totaO Ooss Eut tKe damage Zas ³e[tensiYe´ 7Kad 6eOOs Zas ZorNing on saOYaging a IeZ items Irom tKe asKes 7uesday aIternoon He said Kis e[-ZiIe 0oOOy 6eOOs and tKeir tZo sons OiYe at tKe residenFe He said ZKat tKe IamiOy needs more tKan anytKing rigKt noZ is a SOaFe to rent, SreIeraEOy tZo or tKree Eedrooms in tKe 500 to 00 range ³EYeryone Zants to giYe us stuII Eut Ze KaYe no SOaFe to Sut it,´ Ke said 7Ke IamiOy Kas Eeen aEOe to saOYage a IeZ items, inFOuding a KandIuO oI IamiOy SKotos, Eut Oost most oI ZKat tKey oZned ³7Key Oost tKeir ZaOOets, tKey Oost tKeir driYer¶s OiFenses, tKey Oost a dog, tKey Oost eYerytKing,´ 6eOOs said He said anyone ZitK Oeads on a rentaO FouOd FaOO 0oOOy at 51--02 or Kim at 51--11 7Ke Kouse ¿re Zas Herm- iston¶s seFond in tKe sSaFe oI a ZeeN 6KortOy aIter 110 Sm on 6aturday Hermiston Fire & EmergenFy 6erYiFes resSonded to a Kouse ¿re in tKe 100 EOoFN oI 7oZnsend 5oad 7Ke singOe-story Kouse Zas a totaO Ooss Eut tKe resi- dents got out saIeOy and Zere assisted Ey tKe 5ed &ross 7Ke Fause oI tKe ¿re Zas determined to Ee aFFidentaO ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. HERMISTON City council relaxes rules on taxi drivers By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian 7Ke Hermiston Fity FounFiO oI¿FiaOOy resoOYed its disagreement aEout EaFNground FKeFNs Ior ta[i driYers on 0onday nigKt, Yoting on an amendment tKat IorgiYes some Frimes aIter 10 years, Eut not otKers 7Ke originaO ordinanFe Earred any driYers ZitK Sast FonYiFtions, no matter KoZ Oong ago tKe Frimes Zere 7Ke amendment tKat Sassed -1 ZitK 'oug 3rimmer in oSSosition stiOO Eans driYers ZitK FonYiFtions more reFent tKan 10 years Eut onOy Fonsiders ³Serson IeOonies´ OiNe roEEery and assauOt Sast 10 years 7Ke amendment Sassed ZitKout disFussion 0onday nigKt Eut 3rimmer Kad argued at a SreYious meeting tKat tKe Fity Zas SOaFing an imSOiFit trust in tKe ta[i driYers it OiFensed to driYe around tKe eOderOy and disaEOed, so it sKouOd KaYe KigK standards Ior tKose SeoSOe On 0onday tKe Fity FounFiO aOso Yoted to aFFeSt uS to miOOion in grant money Irom tKe FederaO AYiation Administration 7Ke money ZiOO KeOS Iund a SroMeFt at tKe Hermiston 0uniFiSaO AirSort to moYe tKe airSort¶s ta[iZay, ZKiFK is FurrentOy too FOose to tKe runZay Ior FAA reguOations 7Ke SroMeFt aOso inFOudes moYing tKe airSort¶s IueO station and instaOOing a Eigger tanN Assistant Fity manager 0arN 0organ said tKe SroMeFt migKt not seem OiNe a Eig deaO Eut it ZiOO set tKe airSort uS Ior e[Sansion in tKe Iuture 7Ke FounFiO aOso aSSroYed a Oease ZitK /oKman HeOi- FoSter //& out oI /eZiston, ,daKo Ior tKe SriYate KeOi- FoSter FomSany to EuiOd a ,000-sTuare-Ioot Kangar tKere 7Ke FomSany, ZKiFK SroYides KeOiFoSters on FontraFt Ior ¿re¿gKting, stringing SoZer Oines aFross riYers and agriFuOturaO use, Zants to OoFate a KeOiFoSter in Hermiston AFting as tKe Hermiston 8rEan 5eneZaO AgenFy, tKe FounFiO met to aSSroYe a FKange to tKe Iaoade grant Srogram 5eFiSients FomSOained tKat it Zas Kard to ¿nd tKree TuaOi¿ed Eids Ior ZorN on suFK a smaOO sFaOe, so tKe reTuirements Zere FKanged to mereOy reTuire SrooI tKat tKey asNed tKree FontraFtors to suEmit Eids ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536 BOARDMAN Street renamed for UEC’s Eldrige East Oregonian 6teYe EOdrige, outgoing &EO oI tKe 8matiOOa EOeF- triF &ooSeratiYe, is Eeing Konored ZitK Kis oZn street in %oardman 7Ke %oardman &ity &ounFiO Yoted Aug to FKange tKe name oI 3usNariFK AYenue at tKe 3ort oI 0orroZ to 1ortKeast EOdrige 'riYe &onstruFtion is aOready underZay to EuiOd a neZ 55 miOOion 8E& oSerations Fenter aOong tKe neZOy renamed road %arrett %usiness 6erYiFes ,nF is tKe onOy otKer OoFation tKat ZiOO Ee aIIeFted Ey tKe name FKange ,n its resoOution, tKe Fity FounFiO notes EOdrige¶s ³signi¿Fant SresenFe´ to tKe groZtK oI tKe %oardman area during Kis -year Fareer ZitK 8E& EOdrige Kas serYed as generaO manager and &EO oI tKe Fo-oS sinFe 10 EOdrige announFed Kis retirement ASriO 1 at tKe annuaO 8E& memEersKiS meeting in Hermiston He ZiOO remain in Sosition untiO 201 as tKe Eoard oI direFtors reFruits Kis reSOaFement Irom a nationZide searFK Around tKe same time, 8E& SOans to ¿nisK EuiOding its Boardman Operations &enter 7Ke IaFiOity ZiOO Ee 2,0 sTuare Ieet and inFOude a driYe-up NiosN Ior 2-Kour EiOO pay HoS on oYer to 0iOton-FreeZater as it FeOeErates tKe 5tK annuaO 0uddy FrogZater &ountry &OassiF FestiYaO 7Ke IamiOy Iun is Friday tKrougK 6unday at